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foreign policy gain and lose with kerry at the helm here. as we both know, secretary clinton had broad name recognition and on the flip side, some say john kerry comes with far more experience than when secretary clinton took up the job. >> well, obviously, this is, i believe, one of the most qualified individuals in the country and ever to be nominated secretary of state. these are his assets and one, he's participated the last 30 years in the major foreign policy debates in the country so deep knowledge. secondly, he's a combat veteran and a war hero so he knows the scourges of war and military involvement and thirdly, he's a man of the congress and one of the big problems in the state department is that they don't get funded for embassy security and consulate security like in benghazi. kerry can bring his enormous prestige as a senator for many years to get that funding. he's almost become president and foreign leaders respect him and the most important element, richard is his relationship with the president. it's a strong one. he's carri
foreign policy gain and lose with kerry at the helm here. as we both know, secretary clinton had broad name recognition and on the flip side, some say john kerry comes with far more experience than when secretary clinton took up the job. >> well, obviously, this is, i believe, one of the most qualified individuals in the country and ever to be nominated secretary of state. these are his assets and one, he's participated the last 30 years in the major foreign policy debates in the country...
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and what happens next with trump on the foreign policy front? >> and jonathan, is a sense of a relationship with john kelly and what other top aides will look like? >> no, i don't think there really is. there is some speculation that the president may essentially ditch the chief of staff model. and have people report directly to him. several people who report directly to him. you would think the national security adviser would be one of these people that goes in that direction. and john bolton has just been given a huge vote of confidence by the president, which means he should come in with a lot of influence. and that may cut into kelly's influence. >> erin, another issue on the table, what about bolton and the iran deal? >> president trump has been very clear about his intention to rip up that deal when he recertifies that he always says, this is the last time. he's had people in his cabinet say, stick with it. there's a reason to stick with our allies on the deal we made. expect to see a harder line being taken, especially with bolton in hous
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policy leaders like strong men and leaders in the foreign east and the philippines president, as well. so there is this criticism that president trump, perhaps, is trying to find more strategic interests that work with these countries than to find a set of american values when it comes to the middle east and that region. >> steve, i'd like you to weigh in here because we are expect 9 president trump to ask saudi arabia for more help in the anti-terrorism effort. do you think that that will actually come to fruition? do you think saudi arabia will put more into this anti-activity, anti-isis fight? >> i do believe they will and i believe they will outline for president trump the considerable things the saudis are already doing. they have one of the most robust and capable abdomen tie terrorism intelligence forces, both inside their country looking throughout the middle east and also trying to reform those that have been falling a kind of a jihadist line. so the saudis have been real partners with us in a whole variety of things and i think they're looking forward to deepening that relat
policy leaders like strong men and leaders in the foreign east and the philippines president, as well. so there is this criticism that president trump, perhaps, is trying to find more strategic interests that work with these countries than to find a set of american values when it comes to the middle east and that region. >> steve, i'd like you to weigh in here because we are expect 9 president trump to ask saudi arabia for more help in the anti-terrorism effort. do you think that that...
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foreign policy under president trump. >> plus -- >> your personal attorney -- >> i don't know. i haven't spoken to rudy. i spoke to him yesterday reefl. he is a very good attorney. he has been my attorney, yes. >> new questions about whether the president's attorney is in legal hot water and what that means for the impeachment inquiry. >> breaking news. yet another trump administration staff shakeup. the president announcing on twitter that acting homeland security secretary kevin mcaleenan has resigned. quote we have worked well together with border crossings being way down, kevin now after many years in government wants to spend more time with his family. the president says he will announce a new acting secretary next week. meanwhile, today marks day 19 of the impeachment inquiry, into president trump. democrats looking ahead to a busy week of depositions and deadlines. this, after a wild week full of rapid developments. wrapping up with closed door testimony from former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie, and what a nine hours of testimony, she told house lawmakers that presid
foreign policy under president trump. >> plus -- >> your personal attorney -- >> i don't know. i haven't spoken to rudy. i spoke to him yesterday reefl. he is a very good attorney. he has been my attorney, yes. >> new questions about whether the president's attorney is in legal hot water and what that means for the impeachment inquiry. >> breaking news. yet another trump administration staff shakeup. the president announcing on twitter that acting homeland security...
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i think that we have to have foreign policy that understands we have to be careful on having the process when we go and bomb people. but since 9/11, when we got attacked, there hasn't been a major attack on our soil because we've been aggressive at fighting the terrorists where they are. and i think a big chunk of the republican party, the national security party of that that's a three legged stool is still an important part of our team. and we have to be careful about alienating them. >> yeah. i don't disagree with that, but it's worth pointing out that rand paul became a national figure when he stood up and said no to drone attacks. when barack obama said he had the right to kill americans that he deemed a national security risk. in august he stood up and said if you want to bomb syria, president obama, you have to go to congress. congress has to authorize this activity. and i think he's making a good faith effort saying he wants an america that's not a sitting duck for anybody to attack but by the same token the 21st century shows the failure of a neocon hawkish foreign policy. he wan
i think that we have to have foreign policy that understands we have to be careful on having the process when we go and bomb people. but since 9/11, when we got attacked, there hasn't been a major attack on our soil because we've been aggressive at fighting the terrorists where they are. and i think a big chunk of the republican party, the national security party of that that's a three legged stool is still an important part of our team. and we have to be careful about alienating them. >>...
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i never know how much foreign policy from any party matters to average voters. i think that's what's interesting in the whole debate around whether or not people are trying to sidestep him within the gop for 2020. i don't think we'll really know whether any of that stuff will get traction until the 2018 returns come in that will be the litmus test on what's happened with the base until then it's noise. >> talk about tomorrow night in phoenix when we goes there presumably in a rally environment he will be off teleprompter if he gets locked on a prompter i stays with it seems the next time he speaks he can't wait to be free of the teleprompt zbloer letting himself let trump be trump. i think the real danger in tomorrow night is that he revisits some of the racially charged sentiment that is aren't showmanship with him. trump has been a race baiter for decades. you know this is the same man who took out full page ads against black and latino teenagers in the late 1980 during the state patrol park jogger case inserted z himself into a midst of racially charged event
i never know how much foreign policy from any party matters to average voters. i think that's what's interesting in the whole debate around whether or not people are trying to sidestep him within the gop for 2020. i don't think we'll really know whether any of that stuff will get traction until the 2018 returns come in that will be the litmus test on what's happened with the base until then it's noise. >> talk about tomorrow night in phoenix when we goes there presumably in a rally...
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we got what i can call a passive aggressive foreign policy. it is aggressive enough to promote crisis like this. not to show up in iraq the day before so when you have a crisis like this, you invested and building it out easy. >> tensions were escalating before the embassy attack. mike pompeo was asked if the u.s. was surprised by tuesday's assault? >> so if we go back to the summer, tensions were high in venezuela. there were incidents with shipping in the persian gulf and there was a shoot down in the u.s. drones and report that the president ordered military operations against iran and sort of called them off the last minute and the combination seems to be the iranians strike against the saudi oil facilities which were intended to send a message to the united states and saudi arabia. we have seen this cycle of deescalation played out already. now based on what we have seen over the weekend and if past several days, how will things move ford ward. militia seeks to retaliate and some of the other commentators or will they let those strikes si
we got what i can call a passive aggressive foreign policy. it is aggressive enough to promote crisis like this. not to show up in iraq the day before so when you have a crisis like this, you invested and building it out easy. >> tensions were escalating before the embassy attack. mike pompeo was asked if the u.s. was surprised by tuesday's assault? >> so if we go back to the summer, tensions were high in venezuela. there were incidents with shipping in the persian gulf and there...
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you want two things in foreign policy. you want clarity, and you want credibility. and with this president, you have neither. just listening to your last segment on politics, i was thinking that the president reminded me of the black knight from the monty python skit. no matter how many embarrassments he suffers, he keeps saying it's just a scratch and he is going to fight on. at some point he is going to be immobilized by his own rhetoric. >> like a guy going through a vegmatic. this one grabbed me. 46%, a plurality of republicans said they would support a repeative strike against north korea. 41% would oppose it. back to you. i want you to start with this in the ping-pong match we're having here. how do you have a preemptive strike against a country with what huge numbers are artillery facing south against our allies south korea? how do you puncture them in a way that oh, you got me. i got nothing i can do about it? how does that happen? >> look, god forbid. if nothing else, there are an estimated 300,000 americans, about 30,000 american troops and many american c
you want two things in foreign policy. you want clarity, and you want credibility. and with this president, you have neither. just listening to your last segment on politics, i was thinking that the president reminded me of the black knight from the monty python skit. no matter how many embarrassments he suffers, he keeps saying it's just a scratch and he is going to fight on. at some point he is going to be immobilized by his own rhetoric. >> like a guy going through a vegmatic. this one...
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and also rand paul gets himself in a little bit of trouble sometimes when he talks about foreign policy. when he first came to the senate, he said he wanted to get rid of all foreign aid, which was not particularly pleasing to people who support israel and other allies of the united states. >> yeah. all right, jonathan allen. we will see how all of this plays out. it's going to be interesting as we watch it go straight ahead. thank you for joining us today. >> take care betty. >> you, too. >>> just ahead, a new report reveals just how long the government has been tracking americans' phone calls. >>> plus we say good-bye to hazard county's beloved sheriff. it took tennis legend serena williams, fencing champion tim morehouse and the rockettes years to master their craft. but only moments to master paying bills at chase.com. depositing checks at the atm and transferring funds on the mobile app. technology designed for you. so you can easily master the way you bank. photos are great... ...for capturing your world. and now they can transform it with the new angie's list app you can you can
and also rand paul gets himself in a little bit of trouble sometimes when he talks about foreign policy. when he first came to the senate, he said he wanted to get rid of all foreign aid, which was not particularly pleasing to people who support israel and other allies of the united states. >> yeah. all right, jonathan allen. we will see how all of this plays out. it's going to be interesting as we watch it go straight ahead. thank you for joining us today. >> take care betty....
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i think a very worst case scenario is there is some payoff that influences foreign policy. we're nowhere close to that, but i think all the questions that we have, all the questions that we're asking, investigators are asking, too. >> and some tantalizing questions were certainly raised, steve, by the testimony by the former cia director brennan. i want to play just a little bit of that for us. >> by the time i left office on january 20th, i had unresolved questions in my mind as to whether or not the russians had been successful in getting u.s. persons involved in the campaign or not to work on their behalf again, in a witting or unwitting fashion. >> what did you hear when you heard that as you're parsing what a cia person would say, and what does it mean for the investigation going forward? >> it's a remarkable statement because what john brennan is saying, that in a materially intercepts the information that he saw, he saw a pattern of communication and coordination. we also know that the russians were talking about how they might influence people around donald trump, t
i think a very worst case scenario is there is some payoff that influences foreign policy. we're nowhere close to that, but i think all the questions that we have, all the questions that we're asking, investigators are asking, too. >> and some tantalizing questions were certainly raised, steve, by the testimony by the former cia director brennan. i want to play just a little bit of that for us. >> by the time i left office on january 20th, i had unresolved questions in my mind as to...
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you see how that is with the russians. >> and with skepticism there is a legitimate foreign policy deal that a deal could be a bad thing and that a deal itself could lead to a slow but long-term increase in iran's strategic power and yet choosing between bad options and the folks behind you in the white house there, not having a deal also would seem to lead to a really bad situation where you go out to say what is theality turn -- the alternative, war with iran or strikes that may or may not take out the facilitim and we have a congress that hasn't been able to deal with isis in six months and big on chris six in the white house but why do we think they have a solution that would be viable for confront is iran. >> we have a congress that hasn't dealt with strikes against assad that have long since gone and will deal with a military authorization for isil. i think that you are right, there aren't good options here and the iran power, through whether it is being able to enrich uranium or whether the united states is lessen gauged in the region which the nuclear weapon, and that is why we
you see how that is with the russians. >> and with skepticism there is a legitimate foreign policy deal that a deal could be a bad thing and that a deal itself could lead to a slow but long-term increase in iran's strategic power and yet choosing between bad options and the folks behind you in the white house there, not having a deal also would seem to lead to a really bad situation where you go out to say what is theality turn -- the alternative, war with iran or strikes that may or may...
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look, the trump foreign policy with north korea is a big break from, you know, where the obama foreign policy was on it, and they've been pretty consistent in this idea that they can -- you know, at first it felt like more brinksmanship with north korea, and they felt like ultimately that would bring kim jong-un to the table. right now he's walking toward the table. you know, it's still mid-story. we don't know how it's going to end, but i think there are people in the trump foreign policy world that would, you know, would like a little bit of credit for moving things in the direction that they've moved. >> good answer. thanks for staying up late with us on a friday night. nancy cook, jonathan allen, our thanks. >>> because every so often we like to compare where we are to normal and because we're preparing to cover a somber event tomorrow, we thought this friday night would be a perfect opportunity for a conversation with our friend presidential historian and author michael beschloss. so, michael, i have asked some form of this to you a number of times. i have a list here. mueller, co
look, the trump foreign policy with north korea is a big break from, you know, where the obama foreign policy was on it, and they've been pretty consistent in this idea that they can -- you know, at first it felt like more brinksmanship with north korea, and they felt like ultimately that would bring kim jong-un to the table. right now he's walking toward the table. you know, it's still mid-story. we don't know how it's going to end, but i think there are people in the trump foreign policy...
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>> they think this is an opportunity to contrast herself with donald trump and ted cruz on foreign policy. she turned around a day after brussels and gave a major counterterrorism address. she thinks she is the only one who can do it effectively. >> thank you, jonathan allen. >>> saying good-bye to the white shadow. plus new bay watchers are shown how it's done. won't keep you up at night. know you have insights from professional investment strategists to help set your mind at ease. know that planning for retirement can be the least of your worries. with the guidance of a pnc investments financial advisor, know you can get help staying on track for the future you've always wanted. trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax constipated? lets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax, designed for dependable relief or building the best houses in town. or becoming the next highly-unlikely dotcom superstar. and us, we'll be right there with you, helping with the questions you need answered to get your
>> they think this is an opportunity to contrast herself with donald trump and ted cruz on foreign policy. she turned around a day after brussels and gave a major counterterrorism address. she thinks she is the only one who can do it effectively. >> thank you, jonathan allen. >>> saying good-bye to the white shadow. plus new bay watchers are shown how it's done. won't keep you up at night. know you have insights from professional investment strategists to help set your mind...
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bush's foreign policy. he writes even more important, though he could be tough in a political fight, he was in it for the right reasons. people always came before politics, patriotism before partisanship. to the end we knew we would never agree on everything, and we agreed that was okay. honest debate strengthens democracy. andrea mitchell told me about 20 minutes ago she thinks history will judge george h.w. bush well despite these very clear failings that he had. >> i think andrea is right. i think his rrd ecord on foreig policy was so outstanding. he brought the cold war to a conclusion in a way that made it look almost like a magic trick. here we had a generation of the most bitter rivalry, and president bush saw that the soviet union was coming down. the berlin wall was falling. he had the guts to push for the reunification of germany. he wasn't initially confident that was the right thing to do. it consolidated this process of change. there was no going back. he did it in a tough-minded way, advised b
bush's foreign policy. he writes even more important, though he could be tough in a political fight, he was in it for the right reasons. people always came before politics, patriotism before partisanship. to the end we knew we would never agree on everything, and we agreed that was okay. honest debate strengthens democracy. andrea mitchell told me about 20 minutes ago she thinks history will judge george h.w. bush well despite these very clear failings that he had. >> i think andrea is...
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most crucial foreign policy trip yet with a nuclear north korea posing the biggest threat. but as he travels across the globe, president trump is bringing much of his own political baggage along for the ride. news of his campaign advisers and their alleged contacts with russia stealing much of the spotlight. and on that topic joining me now, we have former gulf war and msnbc analyst. mike, let's start with this. the president on his trip right now. he's going to be hitting several important stops as he speaks in china, in japan, in the beginning, the topic of north korea going to be at the top of that list. >> and starting in japan where he will land in just a few hours, after just taking off from air force base just outside honolulu, hawaii, of course the president getting briefing from u.s. commanders upon his arrival in hawaii earlier on the security situation in the pacific. and perhaps fitting that japan is the first stop here. he'll be meeting with the prime minister shinzu abe. remember when they met kim jong-un north korean leader decided he was going to launch a mi
most crucial foreign policy trip yet with a nuclear north korea posing the biggest threat. but as he travels across the globe, president trump is bringing much of his own political baggage along for the ride. news of his campaign advisers and their alleged contacts with russia stealing much of the spotlight. and on that topic joining me now, we have former gulf war and msnbc analyst. mike, let's start with this. the president on his trip right now. he's going to be hitting several important...
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. >>> and coming up, the president's biggest foreign policy crisis is unfolding under storm clouds of impeachment. what you might have missed on that front, when "the 11th hour" continues. >>> president trump should get the same treatment that every single senator thought was fair for president clinton. just like 20 years ago. we should address mid-trial questions such as witnesses after briefs, opening arguments, senator questions, and other relevant motions. >> all of my fellow senators, democrat and republican, should take stock of the leader's word and remember the commitment he made on national television to find his cues from the white house. >> today brought dueling floor speeches in the senate but little obvious headway on what a senate impeachment trial might look like. democrats and republicans are deadlocked on whether more documents can be subpoenaed and more witnesses can be called. lawmakers in the house meantime are about to get their hands on new information. nbc news reporting today, quote, a rudy giuliani associate awaiting trial on campaign finance charges can turn
. >>> and coming up, the president's biggest foreign policy crisis is unfolding under storm clouds of impeachment. what you might have missed on that front, when "the 11th hour" continues. >>> president trump should get the same treatment that every single senator thought was fair for president clinton. just like 20 years ago. we should address mid-trial questions such as witnesses after briefs, opening arguments, senator questions, and other relevant motions....
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but the republican field also dug deep into foreign policy, and each other. we'll have highlights. plus -- >> laid off more than 40,000 people, and she says she's a great ceo. every time i see her on tv i want to reach through and strangle her. >> that was a hillary clinton supporter talking about carly fiorina yesterday. well, now clinton is taking heat for laughing off the comment. >>> and tragedy in ohio. after a small plane crashes into an apartment building, and bursts into flames. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west, and this is "way too early." >>> good morning, everybody. it's wednesday, november 11th, and i'm amy holmes. it was a respectful clash of ideas last night in the fourth round of republican presidential debates. but that doesn't mean it didn't get heated. like when senator rand paul challenged marco rubio over the size and scope of government, after rubio defended his proposal for a new child tax credit. >> we have to decide what is conservative and what isn't conservative. is it fiscally conservative to have a trillion dollar expenditure? we're not talking
but the republican field also dug deep into foreign policy, and each other. we'll have highlights. plus -- >> laid off more than 40,000 people, and she says she's a great ceo. every time i see her on tv i want to reach through and strangle her. >> that was a hillary clinton supporter talking about carly fiorina yesterday. well, now clinton is taking heat for laughing off the comment. >>> and tragedy in ohio. after a small plane crashes into an apartment building, and bursts...
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policy, his pro-putin foreign policy was corrupt because he saw the support he was receiving through wikileaks and the financial support through the trump tower moscow deal >> hey, phil, as they say in the movies, i couldn't help but notice that the government shutdown ended a few hours after this arrest. coincidence? >> it's a moderate turn of events for president trump, a big change in the presidency because we have the mueller investigation becoming far more serious, now ensnaring a long-time friend of the president's. roger stone is not a peripheral figure he has been core to trump's political development over decades and was a key figure at the beginning of the campaign and floated throughout the trump orbit during the campaign and into the beginnings of the presidency and then you have trump's capitulation to the shutdown he is caving to congressional democrats whether he says so or not and he's facing a backlash on the right we saw ann coulter, the conservative commentator, who just last month was critical of trump when trump decided to end this government shutdown in order to
policy, his pro-putin foreign policy was corrupt because he saw the support he was receiving through wikileaks and the financial support through the trump tower moscow deal >> hey, phil, as they say in the movies, i couldn't help but notice that the government shutdown ended a few hours after this arrest. coincidence? >> it's a moderate turn of events for president trump, a big change in the presidency because we have the mueller investigation becoming far more serious, now...
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ceo and editor at "foreign policy" magazine. the latest piece examines this moment of potentially unprecedented instability. in the moment, there's always a bias for humans to think, this thing that's happening right now is historically resonant. of course, almost always that's not true. all these events seem to me just moments in time that are part of larger ongoing dramas. that will continue going on perhaps for years. so what, if anything, has been so disruptive that it will be historically resonant decades from now? >> well, i think you've got to look at what is allowing all these things to happen. you're right. all of the conflicts that you just talked about are decades old, some of them are hundreds of years old. one of them at least is 1,000 years old. but we've got them all erupting now for a reason. the reason is that the kind of head table of the global community is empty. the united states doesn't want to lead. china is not ready to lead. russia's disqualified itself from leadership. the eu is so fragmented. it's dysf
ceo and editor at "foreign policy" magazine. the latest piece examines this moment of potentially unprecedented instability. in the moment, there's always a bias for humans to think, this thing that's happening right now is historically resonant. of course, almost always that's not true. all these events seem to me just moments in time that are part of larger ongoing dramas. that will continue going on perhaps for years. so what, if anything, has been so disruptive that it will be...
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policy, north korea or on tariffs. so we'll see if he's more impulsive with policy moving forward. but we'll see if this signals a policy-moving approach from the president. >> jonathan, with critics pointing to the stormy daniels fight as part of donald trump's behavior here, is this a sense for his strategy now that she's shared her story? >> i think it is hard to ignore her story and that of the former playmate mcdougal. there's no value to the president in fighting with these women who say they had consensual relationships with him. he's not accused of anything criminal at this point. with the stormy daniels situation, this could become a legal battle with michael cohen and questions of whether or not they're looking to a violation. for the most part, this is not something the president wants to engage in. i'm not sure it changes anyone's view of the president. i think a lot of people will continue to support him. i'm not sure it's changing any minds. >> we'll turn to the reporting you did on the democrats divided
policy, north korea or on tariffs. so we'll see if he's more impulsive with policy moving forward. but we'll see if this signals a policy-moving approach from the president. >> jonathan, with critics pointing to the stormy daniels fight as part of donald trump's behavior here, is this a sense for his strategy now that she's shared her story? >> i think it is hard to ignore her story and that of the former playmate mcdougal. there's no value to the president in fighting with these...
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we've codified foreign policy. i would like to see during that debate some insist tension of what castro is actually going to do i don't know promising so we see what is on the table. we've always said. in spite of our fight for fidel castro. in spite of the tears that people in my own family have shed for things that happened to them. we're willing to do whatever it took to bring cuba back to the league of nations of this hemisphere. we asked for only a few things. in return for our company opening its doors, helping cuba restore itself to its former grand i don't think at this. we only wanted castro to do a few things that dealt with human rights. open your prisons of political prisoners. allow freedom of thought. allow people to organize politically. we didn't ask anything for anything other than the basic high school rights that -- basic human rights. >> what are your concerns before we open up full economic ties with cuba? what do you want? do you want elections there, for example? do you want remove, release
we've codified foreign policy. i would like to see during that debate some insist tension of what castro is actually going to do i don't know promising so we see what is on the table. we've always said. in spite of our fight for fidel castro. in spite of the tears that people in my own family have shed for things that happened to them. we're willing to do whatever it took to bring cuba back to the league of nations of this hemisphere. we asked for only a few things. in return for our company...
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foreign policy, all that stuff, that will make it easier for any democrat to run against trump in 2020. what do you think, eugene? >> that's what they're hoping will be the case. we know democrats are deeply upset with the trump administration, not just because they don't like the president's personality but policy wise, they deeply disagree with what he believes is making america great again. but there's been some concern among those, particularly in the base that running against trump will not be enough to mobilize the number of voters needed, particularly in swing states, to defeat the president. that's why you're seeing so much division within the democratic party about policy, agenda, focus, priority, post 2020, because voters want to get behind a candidate who they are for, not just get behind a candidate that's against trump. >> trying to find new voters, trying to turn out voters that didn't come out in 2016, how much of it will have to do with donald trump's promises made, promises kept, whether or not he actually did build the wall, he has not built the wall, whether he actua
foreign policy, all that stuff, that will make it easier for any democrat to run against trump in 2020. what do you think, eugene? >> that's what they're hoping will be the case. we know democrats are deeply upset with the trump administration, not just because they don't like the president's personality but policy wise, they deeply disagree with what he believes is making america great again. but there's been some concern among those, particularly in the base that running against trump...
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you have vindman talking about concerns about this shadow foreign policy starting well before. then this year, fiona hill talking about last year, concerns that giuliani, the president's private attorney,ia kind of leading this charge to put more pressure on the ukraine to dokr this investigation of j bideno and his son. republicans can no longer -- at least it's making it much, much harder for them to just talk about this phone call, and it's also becoming, as you point out, harder to not say that the president put this pressure on the ukraine urgovernment. so they need to find a different way to say it, and now they're putting out this, that it's not an impeachable offense. >> susan, back to the politics and the public opinion on this. we mentioned there's that new poll out, abc news/"washington post" tonight. 49% say, yeah, impeach and remove the president. 47% there, no. you look at the party split there, just mirror images of each other.t also you look at that 49-47 split, and it really resembles the 2016 election result, and it sort of raises the question of is thishe thi
you have vindman talking about concerns about this shadow foreign policy starting well before. then this year, fiona hill talking about last year, concerns that giuliani, the president's private attorney,ia kind of leading this charge to put more pressure on the ukraine to dokr this investigation of j bideno and his son. republicans can no longer -- at least it's making it much, much harder for them to just talk about this phone call, and it's also becoming, as you point out, harder to not say...
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foreign policy is a huge part of the next four years for this president. he needs a team of heavyweights as he's had in general petraeus. whatever you think of how he handled benghazi, he's a heavyweight without a doubt in terms of national security experience, intelligence experience and his direction at the cia. >> can we widen the lens and talk about petraeus's career and rye mind people this person has been considered an american hero, a war hero. we just talked about a moment ago flirting with getting into the presidential race, and that would have been frightening for either side. this is an american hero. can you just remind people of some of those details before we focus on this personal mistake. >> four-star and, of course, all the four-stars think about getting the fifth star. someone whose popularity as a military leader compared to the modern era compared to secretary of state colin powell who had wide respect across the aisle. my sense was he was never that serious about running for elective office. it's a big change. two sources of his popula
foreign policy is a huge part of the next four years for this president. he needs a team of heavyweights as he's had in general petraeus. whatever you think of how he handled benghazi, he's a heavyweight without a doubt in terms of national security experience, intelligence experience and his direction at the cia. >> can we widen the lens and talk about petraeus's career and rye mind people this person has been considered an american hero, a war hero. we just talked about a moment ago...
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policy achievement, i mean, how much does this change the course of these negotiations? >> look, i think this really underscores the fact that it's going to be incredibly difficult to ultimately get a deal with north korea. this meeting was a huge propaganda victory for north korea, if nothing else comes out of it. and i think the united states has to ask itself what other concessions do they need to see before moving forward with any further talks or meetings, including whether they should have to declare all of these secret test sites that have now been revealed by some of the nbc reporting. so, look, i just think that the president has an uphill battle. he was naive to think this could be easily solved. and certainly this new reporting undercuts the idea that the nuclear threat is no longer in north korea. >> and also new today, a behind the scenes look at how president trump is narrowing down his choices for justice kennedy's replacement. an adviser to the president tells "the washington post" that he plans to use the same playbook that led to the relatively swift co
policy achievement, i mean, how much does this change the course of these negotiations? >> look, i think this really underscores the fact that it's going to be incredibly difficult to ultimately get a deal with north korea. this meeting was a huge propaganda victory for north korea, if nothing else comes out of it. and i think the united states has to ask itself what other concessions do they need to see before moving forward with any further talks or meetings, including whether they...
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expect terror and foreign policy to be hot topics this afternoon as president obama holds his first news conference in more than three months. besides the consulate shut down, the state department is warning americans against nonessential travel to pakistan all as the u.s. steps up its terror drone strikes in yemen. al qaeda terrorists were killed in three drone strikes yesterday. less than two weeks 34 members of al qaeda have been taken out by drones. we should hear more before bthat from the president this afternoon as well. a chance for him to answer critics like former secretary of state condy rice. >> when you say al qaeda is on the run, al qaeda is -- they are not. al qaeda has morphed into something different. we have to have the staying power both psychologically and in actuality to continue to be vigilant so that we don't experience another major attack. >> for more on what is facing the president when he meets the president today let's bring in susan page and jonathan allen. good morning. >> good morning. >> jonathan, help me out here. you wrote six questions that politico wou
expect terror and foreign policy to be hot topics this afternoon as president obama holds his first news conference in more than three months. besides the consulate shut down, the state department is warning americans against nonessential travel to pakistan all as the u.s. steps up its terror drone strikes in yemen. al qaeda terrorists were killed in three drone strikes yesterday. less than two weeks 34 members of al qaeda have been taken out by drones. we should hear more before bthat from the...
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what else is happening in national security and foreign policy when all eyes aren't there. >> i think it's fair to say as americans head to bed tonight half a world away what's going to go on tonight may not be america's finest hour. terrific guests to start us off tonight. our thanks to peter baker, to molly o'toole, and to jill wine-banks. appreciate it very much. >>> coming up for us, a new move to pull the u.s. out of a treaty agreement with the russians. democrats charge it would be a gift to putin. so why would we want to do a thing like that? >>> and later, the president calls the impeachment inquiry a scam, but are people listening to that? new polling out tonight on where americans now stand on this issue, and it's a moving target. "the 11th hour" is just getting started. a view of the west wing on a tuesday night. beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways. all working with a new generation of technologies powered by our gig-speed network. because beyond technology... there is human ingenui
what else is happening in national security and foreign policy when all eyes aren't there. >> i think it's fair to say as americans head to bed tonight half a world away what's going to go on tonight may not be america's finest hour. terrific guests to start us off tonight. our thanks to peter baker, to molly o'toole, and to jill wine-banks. appreciate it very much. >>> coming up for us, a new move to pull the u.s. out of a treaty agreement with the russians. democrats charge it...
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i believe president trump in his foreign policy -- you mentioned north korea, that's another one -- needs to bear responsibility. personal intrusion into the process is not a substitute for thoughtful diplomacy and engagement. >> as you mentioned, we're seeing iranian influence in the region continue to grow. do you see a way that the trump administration can reverse course and try to mitigate some of this growing iranian influence without slipping into direct confrontation or perhaps more military action like we saw in iraq over the last week or so? >> well, in your earlier reporting you correctly cited sort of the schizophrenia of this republican administration's policy with respect to iran. the hawks want to get tougher with almost no leverage over iran, and there are others who would like to see some semblance of constructive engagement. but there is no leverage and there's no engagement frankly without restoring the nuclear agreement that was working, and that our allies and adversaries have agreed to. >> let me switch gears and talk about kooun. he promised a chriss mass surprise th
i believe president trump in his foreign policy -- you mentioned north korea, that's another one -- needs to bear responsibility. personal intrusion into the process is not a substitute for thoughtful diplomacy and engagement. >> as you mentioned, we're seeing iranian influence in the region continue to grow. do you see a way that the trump administration can reverse course and try to mitigate some of this growing iranian influence without slipping into direct confrontation or perhaps...
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policy. saudi arabia is the world's biggest oil exporter. there's a fear if there's a stand off between the u.s. and the saudi family, the saudi regime, that could potentially send oil prices skyrocketing, and the president also said that there will be severe punishment if the regime is found to have played a role in khashoggi's disappearance and presumed death. the white house says that stands. they're not being specific about the severe punishment. we know based on the president's comments what it won't be. he says he's not going to cancel the $110 billion u.s./saudi arms deal. he said it would be foolish because it would harm u.s. workers more than saudi arabia. that's his view. >> geoff, thank you as always. aaron blake, gail lemont, and kevin barren are all with us. thanks to all of you. gail, let me start with you. let's start with the comments from the south lawn. what do you make of president trump there appearing to parrot the saudi lines, maybe rogue elements killed khashoggi? >> wa
policy. saudi arabia is the world's biggest oil exporter. there's a fear if there's a stand off between the u.s. and the saudi family, the saudi regime, that could potentially send oil prices skyrocketing, and the president also said that there will be severe punishment if the regime is found to have played a role in khashoggi's disappearance and presumed death. the white house says that stands. they're not being specific about the severe punishment. we know based on the president's comments...
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sending our kids into harm's way is a foreign policy issue. how we treat them when we come home is a domestic issue. anybody who thinks this is a debate that's just going to deal with esoteric policies or countries around the world has to understand that these are issues that the american people and communities live and breathe every day. >> let's go to the chinese currency issue that mitt romney has made one of those day one items. is the president going to be able to teach a little class on how that works tonight or is that something you just want to get away from and get over somewhere else since people won't understand it? >> people need to understand that this president has fought to get the chinese to do the right thing. they have lifted the value of their currency. but the only thing mitt romney has ever done to china is send them our jobs and his money. as the president said in the last debate, if you think mitt romney is going to be tough on china, you have another thing coming. >> i've been watching the television ads here in florida
sending our kids into harm's way is a foreign policy issue. how we treat them when we come home is a domestic issue. anybody who thinks this is a debate that's just going to deal with esoteric policies or countries around the world has to understand that these are issues that the american people and communities live and breathe every day. >> let's go to the chinese currency issue that mitt romney has made one of those day one items. is the president going to be able to teach a little...
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to the exte that he's learning in office, i think most people in the foreign policy establishment would say that's a good thing. >> let me go here. here's president trump earlier today talking about relationship with saudi arabia. >> we've been friends for a long time. and the relationship is extremely good. we have some very serious discussions right now going on. and one of the things that we will discuss is the purchase of lots of beautiful military equipment, because nobody makes it like the united states. >> so he talks about the arms deal, steve. talks about a great relationship which contrast with his rhetoric during the campaign, but jonathan says no one in the middle east believed his rhetoric or believed he meant what he said. how will it play back in the united states if at all? will it play to his core constituents who may have believed him, and how will this continued relationship with saudi arabia play when clearly their policies with gays and women are something that we seriously question in this country at least most americans? >> well, i think to quote donald trump when
to the exte that he's learning in office, i think most people in the foreign policy establishment would say that's a good thing. >> let me go here. here's president trump earlier today talking about relationship with saudi arabia. >> we've been friends for a long time. and the relationship is extremely good. we have some very serious discussions right now going on. and one of the things that we will discuss is the purchase of lots of beautiful military equipment, because nobody...
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so the mixture of foreign policy and military policy has to be nuanced. and that's the kind of thing i'd like to hear from both of them tomorrow night. how they're going to handle that mixture. >> thank you for reminding us that politics is theater. and one reason donald trump has been able to stay in it, he understands the theater. charlie pierce, many thanks. >>> and the commander in chief forum, hosted by nbc news and the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america will air right here on msnbc at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night. >>> new polling shows donald trump leading clinton, and hillary clinton leading trump in texas. making sense of the barrage of new poll numbers with just 60 days to go, straight ahead. >>> do i think there is a different standard for trump than for me? and do i think that a lot of these issues that are raised about trump are dismissed because somehow the american public has factored into their assessment of him, you know, that that's the kind of guy he is, right? and i can only say, look, this is not new to me. you can go back and look a
so the mixture of foreign policy and military policy has to be nuanced. and that's the kind of thing i'd like to hear from both of them tomorrow night. how they're going to handle that mixture. >> thank you for reminding us that politics is theater. and one reason donald trump has been able to stay in it, he understands the theater. charlie pierce, many thanks. >>> and the commander in chief forum, hosted by nbc news and the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america will air right...
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what made it so hard to be the foreign policy adviser to sarah palin? >> no, it was a very good and positive experience. and we espouse in foreign policies, if you read it, and read the speeches that she gave, i think are very reagan-esque. we had serious problems, as you can imagine, with the internationalist's views in the barack obama administration, but it was a very good experience for me. i'm not working with her anymore, but i think that we helped shape the debate, because frankly, i think we are, and i do think we have to look for american principles and protect american values. >> question? >> sure. when you look at the campaign, obviously there's been a lot of different issues out there, but both candidates are saying they want to get back and get the economy growing, and in some sense -- at least aspects of what you touched upon, your main interest is in the size of the banks and not necessarily regulatory regime. is there anything that you think would help deal with this sec senator. >> you have candidates who are interested in the status qu
what made it so hard to be the foreign policy adviser to sarah palin? >> no, it was a very good and positive experience. and we espouse in foreign policies, if you read it, and read the speeches that she gave, i think are very reagan-esque. we had serious problems, as you can imagine, with the internationalist's views in the barack obama administration, but it was a very good experience for me. i'm not working with her anymore, but i think that we helped shape the debate, because frankly,...
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a big foreign policy weekend and focus on china. outreach to india, that had a state visit this year. talk about the importance of that. obviously, he's been making a lot of efforts, with the philippines, with vietnam, with india, to encircle china and saying, no. we're not trying to restrain them. >> reporter: andrea, for the president, this is a major political goal to strengthen the u.s. relationship with countries that share a border and share trade with china. and in part to reinforce to friends of the u.s., that partnering with the u.s. is a good bet, a reliable relationship. when china, the other superpower on the planet, is not as reliable. and when it comes to things like the aggression, the military muscle flexing that we've seen from china, as well as some of the economic policies, and their place in the world, looking to the united states as a place where these nations, whether it's here in vietnam, india, other parts of this region, try to make sure they have a relationship with the united states they can rely on. i was
a big foreign policy weekend and focus on china. outreach to india, that had a state visit this year. talk about the importance of that. obviously, he's been making a lot of efforts, with the philippines, with vietnam, with india, to encircle china and saying, no. we're not trying to restrain them. >> reporter: andrea, for the president, this is a major political goal to strengthen the u.s. relationship with countries that share a border and share trade with china. and in part to...
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we saw pete buttigieg give a foreign policy speech taking shots at joe biden saying the policies cannot return to the '50s, donald trump, or 1990s, joe biden. that was his effort to get some attention. but certainly didn't break through the split screen of the remake of "grumpy old men." >> take me through the trailer, garrett, in the last 48 hours we heard joe biden say he longs for the day he can work with republicans again when donald trump is out of office. when you're speaking to voters in iowa and other states, what are they telling you? joe biden has gotten a lot of pushback for that. but when we speak to people they say we're tired of the gridlock in washington. we want people to work together again. >> yeah, that's true, steph. there's a real divide over this because most voters will tell you, they tell me they would like to see washington work again. they would like to see people be able to get together and get things done. but a lot of those same voters say they would like to see the green new deal or medicare for all pass or some of these other issues, or issue sets, that mo
we saw pete buttigieg give a foreign policy speech taking shots at joe biden saying the policies cannot return to the '50s, donald trump, or 1990s, joe biden. that was his effort to get some attention. but certainly didn't break through the split screen of the remake of "grumpy old men." >> take me through the trailer, garrett, in the last 48 hours we heard joe biden say he longs for the day he can work with republicans again when donald trump is out of office. when you're...
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he ended a changed man or at least a changed foreign policy thinker. it was not just the iraq war he began to question by the end. it was the republican party's entire turn towards the unilateral, the very idea that america had the idea to topple the multiple dictators. this is what makes hagel so important, he is one of the few who is changed by iraq. he goes on to write "what the republican foreign policy establishment fears is that with hagel as secretary of defense it will become impossible for obama to minimize the dangers of war with iraq." hagel will be what colin powell was in the '90s, the military man who reminds the colleagues at war, once unleashed can't be easily controlled. once you start with war with iran, hagel warned, you better be prepared to find 100,000 troops because it may take that. it may not be limited war fare, i don't think any nation could go into it that way. i don't know if he will be a better secretary of defense, but in choosing hagel, president obama chose a republican who the neo conservatives drove from the party. in
he ended a changed man or at least a changed foreign policy thinker. it was not just the iraq war he began to question by the end. it was the republican party's entire turn towards the unilateral, the very idea that america had the idea to topple the multiple dictators. this is what makes hagel so important, he is one of the few who is changed by iraq. he goes on to write "what the republican foreign policy establishment fears is that with hagel as secretary of defense it will become...
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>> i would certainly say that the united states foreign policy goals are set by the white house. even if the secretary of state has different goals. they end up doing what the white house wants. so, as far as emphasis around the world, that's something that's coming from the obama administration. and look, the middle east is an area that obviously has been a problem i would say for decades but really for centuries, maybe my len yeah. so that there are periods of more focus or less focus, you know, is not that surprising. i think the white house wanted to give an opportunity for direct bilateral talks between the two sides and israel or in that region. and obviously, they have not always worked as well as one would like it to happen. >> jonathan, we heard stories today of hillary clinton and president obama sharing a plane ride and sort of reminiscing about the past four years and talking back about campaign times and really is amazing how much has changed and how far they have come in four short years. >> absolutely. you know, just four years ago these guys were or this man and t
>> i would certainly say that the united states foreign policy goals are set by the white house. even if the secretary of state has different goals. they end up doing what the white house wants. so, as far as emphasis around the world, that's something that's coming from the obama administration. and look, the middle east is an area that obviously has been a problem i would say for decades but really for centuries, maybe my len yeah. so that there are periods of more focus or less focus,...
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. >> is the president putting politics over foreign policy? >> that's one of the big critiques to pull out of the jcpoa or the iran nuclear deal. the international community, key u.s. allies, all nuclear experts all said it was a terrible idea. it essentially was an optics thing. i want to undo everything that barack obama did, each if it's good for the world. now, recent tensions between the u.s. and iran sparking fears of war, the situation in the gulf is escalating. many of the experts i've spoken to all point to the moment that trump pulled the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal. >> interesting stuff. jonathan allen, john halt waninger, thank you both so much. >>> weakened but still a big threat. a new check on tropical storm barry as it slowly moves along the gulf coast. ♪ sport drumming starts [ referee whistle sounds ] [ cheering ] when you need the fuel to be your nephew's number one fan. holiday inn express. we're there. so you can be too. and i don't add trup the years.s. but what i do count on... is boost® delicious boost® high pro
. >> is the president putting politics over foreign policy? >> that's one of the big critiques to pull out of the jcpoa or the iran nuclear deal. the international community, key u.s. allies, all nuclear experts all said it was a terrible idea. it essentially was an optics thing. i want to undo everything that barack obama did, each if it's good for the world. now, recent tensions between the u.s. and iran sparking fears of war, the situation in the gulf is escalating. many of the...
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policy and real fear that the economy may be in for a turn. >>> michael moore is here with us tonight to talk about the people of a big american city who have been failed by their government. >>> michael beschloss is with us tonight as well to remind us where we all are right about now as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a summer friday night. >>> and good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. this was day 939 of the trump administration, and here are two more numbers for you on this friday night. this is the president's 222nd day at a trump golf venue, his 290th day at a trump-branded property since being sworn in as our president. tonight finds our president at his trump golf club in new jersey. it's been a week, and for this president it brought the first real indications that the economy he is running on may be running into real trouble. financial markets signaling that a recession is a real possibility and that his trade war is taking a toll. the dow posting an 800-point drop, the largest this year. trump blamed his own federal reserve chairman, who
policy and real fear that the economy may be in for a turn. >>> michael moore is here with us tonight to talk about the people of a big american city who have been failed by their government. >>> michael beschloss is with us tonight as well to remind us where we all are right about now as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a summer friday night. >>> and good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. this was day 939 of the trump...
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policy towards. >> so, ali, the biden administration obviously felt positively about all the concrete commitments it was able to get from modi. we heard about that during this hour yesterday when they had that press conference. the two world leaders. but do they feel like there's still some navigating to do in terms of balancing these two things, just how much of a democracy india is versus how much we need them for these various reasons? >> reporter: yeah, chris, well, the biden administration sees really the broader goal coming out of this state visit as having been accomplished. and as you mentioned, we saw that evidenced yesterday and today with both of these leaders praising each other for this renewed relationship, the strengthening of ties between the u.s. and india. most recently in this meeting that prime minister modi, president biden, and ceos from both american and indian tech companies had in the last hour, and this stronger relationship between these two countries is mutually beneficial. you heard garrett hit on it a little bit there. modi is trying to play more of a rol
policy towards. >> so, ali, the biden administration obviously felt positively about all the concrete commitments it was able to get from modi. we heard about that during this hour yesterday when they had that press conference. the two world leaders. but do they feel like there's still some navigating to do in terms of balancing these two things, just how much of a democracy india is versus how much we need them for these various reasons? >> reporter: yeah, chris, well, the biden...
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. >> we are awaiting a major foreign policy address. >> romney boiled down the president's foreign policy to one of hope. >> hope is not a strategy. >> but on actual foreign policy romney's specifics were rather thin. >> i'll support the libyan's people efforts to support a lasting government. >> how about iran? >> prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. >> that's the same. >> this is the same guy who couldn't even go to the olympics. >> he will say anything, he will do anything. >> his mention of russia. >> without question of number one geo political foe. >> there are two kinds of success, initial and ultimate. >> i still believe you in and i hope you still believe in me. if you vote for me in november i'll finish what we started. >> with four weeks until election day, the romney etch a sketch machine is furiously trying to erase every crazy thing mitt romney has said. in a foreign policy speech mitt romney contradicted what he said on a secretly recorded tape. here's what he said on the tape. >> the palestinians don't wanting to see peace anyway, and these thorny issues
. >> we are awaiting a major foreign policy address. >> romney boiled down the president's foreign policy to one of hope. >> hope is not a strategy. >> but on actual foreign policy romney's specifics were rather thin. >> i'll support the libyan's people efforts to support a lasting government. >> how about iran? >> prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. >> that's the same. >> this is the same guy who couldn't even go to the...
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if you try and understand physics or french literature or foreign policy, you simply have to do your homework. by the way, i worked for president bill clinton who i have watched him throw foreign service officers out of the oval office, telling him i already read your briefing book, tell me your sort of qualitative assessment. you can't digest what's going on in the world unless you sit down and do some hard work for an hour or two. that's really what i think the country expects of the senior officials and national security apparatus. not just the president, but the whole team of them in congress and the executive branch. >> general, let me ask you about the olympics and north korea. today's olympic ceremony in pyeongchang, the south korean prime minister, the japanese prime minister and vice president pence were all sitting in very, very close proximity to kim jong-un's sister who you can see above pence in the picture here, kim yo-jong. apparently no contacts, no comments, no handshakes between them. what do you make of that? >> well, of course, a lot of this is a charade, to be ho
if you try and understand physics or french literature or foreign policy, you simply have to do your homework. by the way, i worked for president bill clinton who i have watched him throw foreign service officers out of the oval office, telling him i already read your briefing book, tell me your sort of qualitative assessment. you can't digest what's going on in the world unless you sit down and do some hard work for an hour or two. that's really what i think the country expects of the senior...
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. >> any foreign policy at all? >> i wouldn't be surprised if she didn't say something about the need for american strength. but i'll tell you, one huge mistake presidential candidates make is talking about foreign policy long before an election. what the world looks like a year from now is sure to be very different. domestic policy is pretty static. you can tell where issues are going to be. foreign policy you have no idea where the next blowup will about. >> she'll hit the bull's-eye tomorrow? >> i think she'll do well because she's a smart person and she's very skilled and this isn't kind of her natural best form to do a big rally. >> it's not. she has a video to go with it. >> she's worked on it. they know this is important. a little bit of a reboot. >> did she study the '68 nixon campaigns closely? i'm not making an ideological judgment. this is about style. nixon was the front-runner because the democratic party was in shambles. so he ran a controlled campaign. he didn't have campaigns, he did these things tha
. >> any foreign policy at all? >> i wouldn't be surprised if she didn't say something about the need for american strength. but i'll tell you, one huge mistake presidential candidates make is talking about foreign policy long before an election. what the world looks like a year from now is sure to be very different. domestic policy is pretty static. you can tell where issues are going to be. foreign policy you have no idea where the next blowup will about. >> she'll hit the...